Washoe County Library System hosted the grand opening of The QUAD, a new dedicated makerspace at the downtown Reno library, on August 19, 2018. The Quad is designed to allow the community to gather and get creative with DIY projects, exploration, and discovery.

An entrepreneur who launches a software company can get down to work about any place that has a table, a chair and decent wi-fi access. But what about entrepreneurs with great ideas for hardware, the things that exist in the real world? Where will they find the tools they need to create a prototype? And perhaps more important, how will they learn to use the tools?

The Biggest Little City has been recognized by Popular Mechanics as Number 8 on PM’s list of “The 14 Best Startup Cities in America.” Click on the story to read the entire article or just the Reno portion of the article.